Lines To Fortune Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDE FGFG HIHI JKJK| Occasioned by a very amiable and generous Friend of mine munificently presenting Miss E S with a Donation of Fifteen Thousand Pounds | A |
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| Oh Fortune I have seen thee shed | B |
| A plenteous show'r of treasure down | C |
| On many a weak and worthless head | B |
| On those who but deserv'd thy frown | C |
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| And I have heard in lonely shade | D |
| Her sorrows hapless Merit pour | E |
| And thou hast pass'd the drooping maid | D |
| To give some pamper'd fav'rite more | E |
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| But tho' so cold or strangely wild | F |
| It seems that worth can sometimes move | G |
| Thou hast on gentle Emma smil'd | F |
| And thou hast smil'd where all approve | G |
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| For Nature form'd her gen'rous heart | H |
| With ev'ry virtue pure refin'd | I |
| And wit and taste and grace and art | H |
| United to illume her mind | I |
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| So dew drops fall on some rare flow'r | J |
| That merits all their fost'ring care | K |
| As tho' they knew that by their pow'r | J |
| Grateful 'twould wider scent the air | K |
John Carr (sir)
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